“But I will fight to keep their memories alive forever.”

From Rambo: Last Blood.

Years after returning to his family farm and trying to leave his violent past behind, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) now spends his days training horses and looking after his niece, Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal). Despite John’s warnings to leave the past in the past, Gabrielle defies the orders of her uncle and nanny (Adriana Barraza) to sneak across the border to Mexico to get answers from the father (Marco de la O) that abandoned her. After being rejected again, disaster strikes when Gabrielle is kidnapped by the Martinez Brothers (Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Óscar Jaenada) for their prostitution ring. When John learns that Gabrielle went to Mexico, he heads down to find and bring her home safely; then when he learns of the Martinez Brothers, he amps up his search methods. However, when John is discovered by the Martinez Brothers and their small army, he’s severely wounded and is only kept alive by a brave journalist (Paz Vega) that hides him while he heals. More desperate than ever to get Gabrielle back, John attacks one of the Brothers’ brothels to rescue Gabrielle and bring her home, regardless of the loss the brothers will hold him accountable for. After attacking the brothel, John takes one final trip to Mexico to begin a revenge spree before luring everyone back to his farm in Arizona where the Martinez Brothers and every guilty member associated with them will be held responsible for the evil they’ve done.

The fifth installment in the Rambo franchise is a fitting end to the well-known character. The story doesn’t drag as Stallone battles with both the demons of his past and his desire to keep his niece safe from evil. While it’s an entertaining movie to watch, the film’s storyline is not the franchise’s best, however the scenes where Rambo is allowed to be Rambo well make up for it. The excessive violence will be too much for some viewers, but Rambo: Last Blood is a truly enjoyable movie, even if just for the film’s final 20 minutes.

| Rated: R | Running Time: 99 minutes |Genre: action/thriller |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 5* of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 9 of 10

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